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Windows 10 end of life support decisions for lagging clients

April 3, 2026r/sysadmin

In r-sysadmin, admins debate whether to keep supporting Windows 10 machines after end of life, charge extra, or enforce hard cutoffs, reflecting the operational and security mess of clients who never upgrade.

Windows 10 officially hit EOL 6 months ago - still supporting clients who never upgraded. Anyone else?
We warned them for years. October came and went.
At this point what's your stance - do you keep supporting them with extra fees, give them a hard cutoff, or just let them deal with the consequences?
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